Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-11

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Freight, sleeping and palace car
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Iotal....... sol2 III
The amount assessed on the real and per
sonaI property for 1855 was 81 202. l6i o.
IL Will thus be seen that the railroads
alone pay more than one third of the en-
tire cost of running the state of Michigan
Representative Makelim has bill befor,
the committee on state affairs VIII Oh in
creases the rate To he paid by express com
panles TO three per cent on their gros,
earnings, instead OF the one per cent that
is now paid. The taxation OF the mining
companies seems small as compared with
their wealth.
The senate has passed the bill TO confine
damages in libel suits TO actual damages
and excluding exemplary damages
Gov. Luce has approved the following
! hlllS: 10 make an appropriation for the
deficiency for constructing and furnishing
an asylum for insane criminals. and 10
prevent the taking Of promisory notes in
payment for cereals at fictitious values.
or the bills urged by the stat newspaper
men, the committee on printing has re
! ported favorably the one u compel the
/ boards Of supervisors to publish in a coun-
/ " newspaper at the end OF each session a
full report OF their proceedings; and also
the one to compel the publication in one
or more papers II each county the terms
and places Of holding circuit courts. As
the law now stands supervisors proceed
lngS are published once year, in pamphlet
form, and terms Of court are announced
in one paper In the circuit only
The governor pardons Lewis Orth and
William Jones, who were sent from Mack
mac county, Feb -, lss6, TO Ionia for four
and three and a half years, respectively.
for robbery.
Under the recent order of the state mill
tary board requiring all regiments to elect
new officers for terms OF not less than one
or more than three years elections will he
hold March 20 "a follows. The first regi-
ment at jackson. the second at Grand Rap
ids and the third at East Saginaw; the
fourth has already elected officers.
The house in committee of the whole
has agreed TO the bin for the purchase of $50
acres of land for the Pontiac insane asy-
lum and the appropriation of $500 for
the erection OF two buildings for the care
Of patients of a quiet class who can he ac-
commodated Outside OF the present build-
ing.
Resolutions eulogistic of the late Ed
ward Breitung of Negaunee have been
adopted by both houses.
Mr. Anderson's bill to regulate railroads
fixes freight rates on carloads OF 20, 600
pounds at s. for distances not exceeding
ten miles, nor more than twenty-five cents
per mile for the second ten miles, nor
more than Is cents per mile for the third
ten miles, and for distances exceeding
thirty miles the charge is in no case to ex-
coed one and one-half cents per ton
mile. For distances less than thirty miles
the railroad shall lie entitled 10 terminal
charges OF 81 a car and for all distances
over thirty miles and less than sixty
miles 81 n car.
The bill that no final judgment of the
supreme court shall be received or re-
versed on writ of error by the supreme
court where the matter in dispute ex-
elusive OF costs is less than 500 unless or
dered by n Justice of tue supreme court
has been adversely reported.
Miss Frances f. willard was the first
speaker at the hearing before the senate
committee on judiciary and the house
committee on elections, sitting jointly to
consider the bill TO grant municipal suf
frage to women. Miss Willard appeared
in advocacy Of this bill and incidentally OF
all measures proposed for the protection of
girls and for extending the sphere OF WON
ans activity in the community. Mrs Mary
L. Doe OF Bav City, president OF the state
suffrage association, spoke OF the essential
differences between municipal and general
suffrage and urged that the experiment
proposed might toe safely tried, as II IL
was not a success the law could he easily
repealed Mrs Mary = Nash of Bay CITY.
after few preliminary remarks. in which
wit and earnest purpose were blended,
read paper arguing that where women
are taxed they should certainly be repre-
sented in that class OF elections
which most closely effect taxation Mrs,
Helen y. Jenkins of Detroit read AN ex-
ceedingly bright and earnest paper urging
the expediency OF this movement. Mrs. X.
N Kellogg of lonia. Mrs Ketcham of
Grand Rapids. Mrs Haglett OF Adrian,
and Mrs Wilson of lOnia followed in IF
fective arguments on the same subject.
An ex member of the house who heard the
woman suffrage arguments before the
United States senate committee last win
ter, and who also sat through the hearing
in Lansing, says that. in ciearness aud
force the speaking and papers here sur
prised those presented by the members Of
the national association in Washington.
The senate has passed the bill. which has
already passed the house. amending the
libel law Of l~S5 The amended section Z
now reads a. follows The words actual
damage in this act shall be construed TO
include all damages the plaintiff may
show he has suffered in respect 10 his
business, trade, profession, or
OCcupalloni anu no otuei ualhhSes'
The judiciary committee OF the house
have amended the bill IA relation TO car
rying concealed weapons 50 that the bur
en- of proof as TO the purpose for which
deadly weapons are carried shall rest up
on the accused person in case Of com.
plant. The amendment provides that no
shall be had under this act
when IL shall appear that the person car
rying the dangerous weapon carries IL Tor
the defense of his person or OF the state.